Window shade roller and curtain bracket



Sept. 29, 1931. w. E. SOUDERS WINDOW SHADE ROLLER AND CURTAIN BRACKET- Filed Feb. 28. 1929 1; .1 25 mountin plate Patented Sept. 29, 1931 Kama-l: Linn...-

WILLIAM soUDE'Rs, or CINCINNATI, OHIO wmnow snAnn ROLLER Ann cuR'rAm nanexnr Application filed February 28, 1929. Serial-No. 343,511.

rollersof various lengths- Another object is to construct a device of the above character which will not mar the finish of the window frame to which it is attackled.-

--l5 other objects wil'lmanifest themselves as the description proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. I is a front elevational view of the device showing the manner of application to a a "go window frame.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of an adjustable clamp member forming part of my invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detachable or drapery or curtain support bra'c em.

4 is a perspective'view of one type of drapery or "curtain support bracket that may be used in conjunction with the device of my invention. a

Fig. 5 is a partial view of a shade rolier support forming "a detail of my invention.

Fig.8 is a perspective view taken on line of Fig. 2. r The device of my invention consists generally of a clamp member '7 and a substantialiy flat shiftable plate 8 mountedthereon. The piate 8 isprovided with a forwardly extending shade roiler support 9 (Fig. 5) provided with the usual slot 10 for receiving one end of the well'known spring shade roller; The devices of my invention are of courseused in pairs, and the deviceon "the opposite side of the window frame is identical with that shown in Fig. 1 with the exception that the corresponding support 9 is provided with a perforation instead of a slot 10 for receiving 1 the opposite end of the shade roller.

A pair 'of verticai guides 12 form, with the ;5obodyportion 0f plate-8,, a way 13 for receiving 1 another.

the tongue 14 of a mounting plate 15 for drapery or curtain support brackets. Dashed lines 16 in Fig.1 indicate the manner in which said plate is supported in the way by means of the tongue 14:- SpaCed perforations 17 =35 are provided in the mounting plate whereby the curtain or drapery support bracket 18 may be attached thereto by screws or other suitable securing means extendingv through perforations 1-9 in the bracket 18. Brackets un 18 are procurable on the'market and form no part of my invention, they being merely a known means for supporting curtain or. drapery rods extending transversely of the win- .dow frame. It will be understood that addi- 18.5 tional perforations 17 may be formedin the mounting plate 17 for the accommodation of other types of brackets such as 18.

The adjustableclamp member 7 is of two lengths of sheet metal 20 and21. Member 21 371 is provided atone end 22 with a socket 223, which is preferab-lyof triangular shape, and which is providedwith an inwardly turned claw or hook 24:. Said claw is formed at the outer-extremity of the juncture of the two-1o triangular faces 25 and 26 forming the socket 28. Stud bolts 27 are provided on the member 21, the heads 28 of said boits being an chored to the member by welding, peening or the like. The said bolts are equally spacedgsn from one another and are adapted to cooperate with equally spaced perforations 29 in the member 20 for retaining the members 20 and 21 in adjusted positions relative to one Suitable nuts 30 are provided for 1} use on the bolts 27. It-should be clear from the disclosure in F ig."2 that longitudinal adjustment of members 20 and 21 may be had by inserting thebolts of member 21 in, different' perforations 29 of member 22. p The free end 31 of member 20 is bent upon itself asat 32 to form. an extension or arm 33 substantially at right angles to the body'of member 20- This arm orextension is provided with a threaded bore 34 for receiving a 4 screw or threaded member- 35 on one end of which is a head;36, and on the opposite end of Whichis rotatably mounted atriangular abutment means or block 37. Screw 35 ex.- tendstoward socket 23 in parallelism with clamp members 20 and 21. The abutment block 37 is rotatably mounted upon the screw in any suitable manner such by inserting the unthreaded end 38 thereof in an enlarged bore 39 in the block, and then peening the end 38 as shown. A rivet 40 may secure the free end 31 of member 20 to the body portion thereof. It should be noted that the vertex 41 of the block 37 points toward the socket 23 on clamp member 21.

The clamp member proper is mounted upon a window frame 42 diagonally thereof by first placing the socket over the outer corner 43 and then placing the block 37in the notch 4 L formed by the angularly disposed window frame members, the screw 35 being then tightened for holding the device securely in position. After thus securing the clamp to the frame, the nuts 30 holding plate 8 to the clamp member may be loosened, whereupon the said plate may be adjusted laterally relative to the clamp member for varying the distance between the shade roller brackets 9 on the opposite sides of the window frame. The curtain and drapery mounting plate 15 of course is movable with the plate 8. Said lateral movement of the plate 8 is made possible by providing the plate with longitudinal parallel slots 45 each of which is adapted to freelv receive therein one of the stud bolts 27. It will be observed that vertical adjustment of the plate 8 may be had, if desired, by removing nuts 30 and placing the plate with the slots 45 in registry with different studs 27. An extra bolt may be provided for the lower- .most perforation 29 when it is desired to dispose plate 8 in the lowermost position.

Felt padding or the like may be glued or otherwise attached at the necessary places to preclude contact of the metal parts with the woodwork.

It is to be understood that various changes may be made in the structural details of the device, within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described the combination of a clamp means comprising a socket on one end an an abutment means on the opposite end thereof for attachment of the clamp means diagonally to a frame, a shiftable plate having support means thereon for supporting a shade roller, securing means on the clamp means for holding the plate in adjusted positions upon the clamp means, a way on the plate, a mounting plate for curtain and drapery support brackets, and. means on said mounting )late receivable in the way for support of the mounting plate upon the shiftable plate.

2. In a device of the class described the combination of a clamp means for attachment to a window frame, a plate carried by the clamp means, a shade roller support and a guide means on the plate, said guide means being adapted to removably receive a curtain and drapery support means, and means for adjusting the plate upon the clamp means both vertically and horizontally of the windaw frame.

3. In a device of the class described the combination of a clamp means comprising a clamp member having a plurality of perforations, an adjustable abutment means on one end thereof, a second clamp member, a cooperative abutment means on the second clamp member, extending securing means on the second clamp member for reception in the perforations of the first clamp member, a plate having an elongated opening therein for receiving any one of the extending securing means, said plate being thereby adjustable relative to the clamp means, and means on the plate for supporting drapery and curtain support means and one end of a shade roller.

4. In a device of the class described the combination with a support means of a plate having formed therein parallel elongated openings, a shade roller support on the plate, guide means on the plate extending transversely thereof, a removable curtain and drapery support mounting plate, means on said mounting plate for cooperation with the guide means for removable mounting of the second mentioned plate upon the first mentioned plate, and means associated with the support means and receivable in the elongated openings of the first mentioned plate for adjustable mounting thereof upon the support means.

5. In a device of the class described the combination of a clamp member having perforations therein spaced from one another, an adjustable block on said member, a second member having a socket on an end thereof, extending securing means on the second member spaced for reception in the perforations of the first member, the number of perforations exceeding the number of securing means whereby the securing means may be disposed in various of the perforations for varying the distance between the block of the first member and the socket of the second member, a shiftable plate having a plurality of elongated parallel perforations therein spaced to receive certain of the securing means for independent horizontal and vertical adjustment of the plate and for maintaining the plate at a predetermined angle relative to the said first and second members, and means on the shiftable plate for supporting a shade roller and a curtain rod.

6. In a device of the class described the combination of a clamp member having perforations therein spaced from one another, an adjustable block on said member, a second member having a socket on an end thereof,

extending securing means on the second member spaced for reception in the perforations of the first member, the number of perforations exceeding the number of securing means whereby the securin means may be disposed in various of the perIorations for varying the distance between the block of the first membeer and the socket of the second member, a shiftable plate having a plurality of elongated parallel perforations therein spaced to 7 receive certain of the securing means for horizontal adjustment of the plate and for maintaining the plate at a predetermined angle relative to the said first and second members, a shade roller bracket and vertical guide means on the plate, and a removable curtain bracket having a tongue for reception by the guide means.

7 In a device of the class described the combination of a support member adapted for disposition diagonally of a window frame member, a plurality of securing means on the support member, and a plate having an elongated slot cooperating with any one of the securing means whereby the plate may be independently adjustable horizontally and vertically relative to the window frame, a vertical guide means on the plate, and a curtain bracket support having a tongue for cooperation with the guide means for removably mounting the curtain bracket support upon the plate.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 26th day of February, 1929.

WILLIAM EARL SOUDERS. 

